Ah, that's a big difference!

I suspect that the registry entry for your %path%
variable is incorrect. Have a look here:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
The Path value must be a reg_expand_sz type, not a reg_sz type.
What do you have?

"Mike W" <thewittmer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:T2Rbf.54670$5e4.37495@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Actually I made a mistake. I meant %SystemRoot% instead of %System%
>
> System root is in the path statement for the following locations:
> %SystemRoot%
> %SystemRoot%\System32
> %SystemRoot%\System32\WBEM
>
> I have to manually change these to:
> c:\Windows
> c:\Windows\system32
> c:\windows\system32\WBEM
>
> in order to correct the issue. Where is %SystemRoot% defined in Windows
XP?
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:%23o71g294FHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Mike W" <thewittmer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:wKNbf.54299$5e4.26018@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> >> I have a utility that performs some windows customizations to
> >> install/configure XP for an old dos-based program.
> >> After running the tool, references to %system& in the path
environmental
> >> variable seem to be nullified. For example if I go to cmd and type
> >> 'edit'
> > I
> >> get an error that reads 'edit' is not a recognized internal/external
> >> command....If I go into the path variable and change all instances of
> >> %system% to c:\windows\ this resolves the issue. So, where is %system%
> >> defined?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> m
> >>
> >>
> >
> > %system% is not a preset environmental variable in WinXP.
> > Maybe someone changed your %path% definition.
> >
> >
>
>